I will try...
The point is that in the 1890s imported goods took 2 months to get ..people need food,tailors,haircuts,shoemakers,doctors,dentists and all these needs cannot be imported..these things were the backbone of those marginalized communities..they had to take care of these needs themselves
Not incense,spices and fine imported goods that the whitefolks started buying later.
They went into other labor markets like farming..the Japanese were the biggest commercial farmers in california before WW2..they also started to produce clothing,shoes an so on
No i say that because the evidence ive seen doesnt support your assertions..what are they based on??
When did i discount the destruction of Black wall street...all i said so far is the evidence shows that the CRM and the liberal concessions from that stopped Black people from building their own table and wait for an invitation to sit at white mans table
For the last time. You can't blame the success of the Civil Rights Movement, for black folks' not having another movement to compliment the gains already achieved. Other groups who sought their Civil Rights also had other orgs tasked to achieve a different goal
Misleading labels and jargon like "begging", "waiting for the white mans' invitation" oversimplifies the reality of the situation
We not talmbowt Japanese, I'm focused on Chinatown only for a reason
Recall my description of how Chinatown was established
Chinatown was established by merchants that sold Chinese based goods and services only. Then it blossomed to include the mixture of local goods, only after their unique foods, labor recruiting companies, art works merchants, prostitution, and porcelain statue merchants help to established an economical structure. Then the Chinese-agenda-based organization(I don't recall the name), that supports all Chinatown in the country, was established, which helped immigrants and local Chinese folks with training, opening a business, local politics, and lobbying efforts
Despite mainly focusing on Chinatown elites, I also recognize the importance of the working class contribution. However without the elites' efforts, there would be no Chinese associations, thus no Chinatown
Why? Because it was the Chinese elites, which included
merchants,
missionaries,
doctors,
herbalist,
pharmacist,
scholars,
and government officials, that was able to have continual interethinic contact prior and during the peak of Chinese discrimination. They had successful businesses that offered Chinese centric services that catered to plenty of elite non-Chinese clients
The elites' resources was the foundation of the Chinese Associations' ability to train, employ, lobby, invest, loan, maintain cultural connections with China, and counter Anti-Chinese rhetoric for all Chinatown in the country
What makes the contribution of the Chinese' elites very significant is because they implemented group economics, motivated by an unapologetic Chinese agenda. So it always irritates me when blackfolks talk down and disregard the importance of the contribution of the black elites efforts to compliment those of the working class, inorder to combat white supremacy
for dropping this ...there is very little i can add or withdraw from such an astute post..perhaps just a few observations
The man has to eat and pay his mortgage...I get what youre saying tho..perhaps the problem not so much the money..its the liberal agenda tied to it..the blind trust in liberals and their programs have resulted in so much damage and their solution is always " maybe it needs more funding..never saying..hmm maybe this was a mistake lets stop and try something else
